Surgical treatments for epilepsy

CONTINUUM Lifelong Learning in Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 4 EPILEPSY, 2007, Pages 152-176

  Thadani, Vijay M ^a   Taylor, John ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFECTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DYSPHASIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VASCULAR LESION; WEST SYNDROME;

EID: 34548444120     PISSN: 10802371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.CON.0000284539.37434.9b     Document Type: Review

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